Operation of a quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) shift register and analysis of errors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1906-1913

  Kummamuru, Ravi K ^a   Orlov, Alexei O ^a   Ramasubramaniam, Rajagopal ^b   Lent, Craig S ^a   Bernstein, Gary H ^a   Snider, Gregory L ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^b ZYVEX CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Error rate; Latch; Logic; Quantum dot cellular automata (QCA); Shift register; Single electron

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ERROR ANALYSIS; LOGIC DESIGN; SHIFT REGISTERS;

DIGITAL LOGIC; QUANTUM DOT CELLULAR AUTOMATA SHIFT REGISTER;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0041910830     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2003.816522     Document Type: Article

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